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Bisie, pronounced softly — Bee-see-aye — has become an infamous touchstone, representing one of the “Ts” in the group of so-called “3TG conflict minerals” targeted by American legislators. Historically heavily militarized, the mineral deposit has been stripped of her bounty physically by artisanal miners, and monetarily by armed groups.